IT Governance

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Organisations are being warned about data breaches in the media, regulators are demanding improved information security and the public is getting more vocal when organisations make mistakes. You may well think that staying secure and pacifying all these groups is an expensive and seemingly impossible task. Use secure networks.

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IT Governance

MAY 27, 2021

For all the talk of criminal hacking, ransomware infections and the technologies to prevent them, the key to protecting your organisation is cyber security awareness training. The importance of cyber security staff awareness. Cyber security awareness best practices. Training should occur multiple times a year.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 29, 2018

one of the biggest cyber security threats is inside your organisation , there’s never been a better time to ensure your organisation has an effective GDPR staff awareness training programme in place. . How to deliver staff awareness training – seven top tips . And, with recent reports indicating that?

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 29, 2018

one of the biggest cyber security threats is inside your organisation , there’s never been a better time to ensure your organisation has an effective GDPR staff awareness training programme in place. . How to deliver staff awareness training – seven top tips . And, with recent reports indicating that?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

But as is often the case with technological solutions, the benefits of convenience comes with security risks. In this blog, we look at the top five Cloud security challenges that organisations face, and provide tips on how to overcome them. You can find out how to get started with our Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This Sunday is both Halloween and the end of National Cyber Security Awareness Month – and what better way to mark the occasion than with some cyber security horror stories? But when it comes to cyber security, you can never be as sure that the person behind the mask is as benign. Trick or treat. Hack-o-lantern.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 18, 2022

Many security professionals think that if they have done the hard work of securing their organization, that should be enough. Even though drafting IT security policies can be a pain, formal policies provide a valuable resource to protect both the IT team and their organization. Written security policies.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

So, it might not be time to panic, but it certainly is time to recognize that the threats and the benefits of quantum computing are here now, and security professionals need to ensure that they and the organization they work for are fully prepared. And those are all the problems that quantum can solve.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Cybersecurity can be difficult to implement, and to make matters worse, the security professionals needed to do it right are in short supply. Managed IT security service providers (MSSPs) make life easier for organizations by providing outsourced expertise and tools at a fraction of the cost, time, and trouble of doing it yourself.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

There has never been a better time to get into cyber security, with growing demand for experts promising increased salaries and job opportunities. In this blog, we provide tips for getting your cyber security career started no matter your background. Where can you learn about the cyber security industry?

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IT Governance

MARCH 29, 2024

Here are all our Q&As to date, grouped by broad topic: AI Cyber attacks and data breaches Cyber Essentials Cyber resilience Cyber security Data privacy DORA Incident response ISO 27001 PCI DSS PECR Security testing Training Miscellaneous To get new expert insights straight to your inbox, sign up to our weekly newsletter, the Security Spotlight.

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IT Governance

JULY 23, 2019

Achieving effective cyber security doesn’t have to be a long and expensive process. Staff awareness training. Training courses show staff how security threats affect them and help them apply best-practice advice to real-world situations. Take phishing , for example. The more you know, the better prepared you are.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 7, 2017

There has never been a better time to get into cyber security. If you’re thinking about starting a career in cyber security, here are five things you should do. As with most industries, you’re much more likely to get ahead in cyber security if you have experience. Cyber security isn’t something you can pick up quickly.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Cloud security is an essential part of today’s cyber security landscape. To mitigate these risks, the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) created the Cloud Security Principles , which outline 14 guidelines for protecting information stored online.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Public cloud security refers to protections put in place to secure data and resources in cloud environments shared by multiple users or organizations. Major cloud service providers have generally had good security , so cloud users can be pretty confident in the security of their data and applications if they get their part right.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2023

ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is the newest development in the AI field, created by research company OpenAI led by Sam Altman and backed by Microsoft, Elon Musk, LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman, and Khosla Ventures. It was trained on an enormous amount of text data obtained from the web, archived books, and Wikipedia.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This is happening despite an exponential increase in organizational cyber training over the past decade. Why should employers educate employees about cyber security? or.con rather than.com, for example. Ensure that your systems are up to date with the latest security patches and software updates.

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IT Governance

APRIL 8, 2020

We also have a selection of free tools to help you address some of the challenges you’ll face, and summarise the latest coronavirus-related security threats. The creation of a new network allows the separation of corporate and personal devices, increasing the security posture,” he writes. “The Cyber attacks. Phishing attacks.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Just one example are scammers that pose as representatives from a Ukrainian charity foundation that seeks money to help those affected by the natural disasters that struck in the early hours of Monday. I talk often about the back-and-forth that exists between cybercriminal groups and security vendors.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

When an employee is struggling, they may reach a tipping point and become an insider threat. According to Verizon, 22 percent of all security incidents involve insiders. An employee could forget security protocol and download and adopt an unauthorized SaaS platform.

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IT Governance

JUNE 30, 2022

Although Wiltshire Farm Foods has revealed few details about the incident, cyber security experts believe that it bears the hallmarks of ransomware. For example, Yodel was recently hit by ransomware , but thanks to a comprehensive incident response plan, it should escape relatively unscathed. How did the cyber attack occur?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

In common with all IT professionals, information security specialists are very aware of the importance of qualifications in demonstrating competence to their current and future employers. I have quickly moved up the management ladder and can truly describe your training as ISO 27001 management rocket fuel.”. It’s a necessary evil.).

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IT Governance

MARCH 7, 2023

This month, we’re dedicating our feature to a topic that has been circling the cyber security sector – and many others besides – for some time: AI (artificial intelligence). Cyber security is no exception. Fighting fire with fire It’s not only the good guys that are using AI in the cyber security landscape.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

But negative blowback from major breaches in the 2000s, fines imposed by regulators, and strict cyber security mandates such as PCI-DSS, helped retailers dramatically improve cyber security and slow down the wave of attacks. Despite the above findings, retailers are pretty serious about the security of their businesses.

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OneHub

JUNE 15, 2021

Both large and small businesses should be concerned about digital security. A digital security plan is your company’s best defense against cybercrime. There will always be businesses that have yet to overhaul their digital security measures, making them much more tempting targets. Understand common digital security risks.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Even the best-intentioned employees can sometimes do scary things that expose your organization to security risk. Whether it’s getting hooked by cleverly-crafted phishing attacks , leaving laptops exposed, or even allowing unauthorized people into secure facilities, mistakes happen – and they can be costly. Training Tip #1.

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IT Governance

APRIL 15, 2020

The video conferencing platform Zoom has been heavily criticised in recent weeks , amid a series of allegations related to its inadequate cyber security and privacy measures. It’s worth emphasising, then, that for all of Zoom’s security faults, the blame for this incident lies with users rather than the platform. Cyber attacks.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 13, 2023

October is both Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the US and European Cyber Security Month in the EU – twin campaigns on either side of the Atlantic that aim to improve awareness of the importance of cyber security both at work and at home, and provide tips on how to stay secure.

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IT Governance

MAY 24, 2021

Two in five businesses reported a cyber attack or data breach in the past 12 months, according to the UK government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021. In this blog, we look at five of the most common causes of security incidents and explain the damage they can cause. Security misconfiguration. Get started. Ransomware.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

SaaS security checklists are frameworks for protecting data and applications in cloud-based environments. They serve as benchmarks for upholding strong security requirements, evaluating existing tools, and assessing potential solutions. We’ve designed a customizable template to help you develop your own SaaS security checklist.

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KnowBe4

MAY 10, 2022

[Heads Up] There is a New Type of Phishing Campaign Using Simple Email Templates A phishing campaign is using short, terse emails to trick people into visiting a credential-harvesting site, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. cybersec911@example[.]com).

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IT Governance

MAY 11, 2021

Our Q1 2021 review of data breaches found that almost one in three publicly disclosed security incidents was a ransomware attack, and in April alone, we discovered 53 cases. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg; there are plenty of organisations who fall victim and don’t disclose the damage. Find out more.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks targeting education institutions. National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), has issued an alert about a surge in ransomware attacks against education institutions. backup servers, network shares, servers, auditing devices). Pierluigi Paganini.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 27, 2023

It wasn’t long before security followed, with DevSecOps now shorthand for modern application security—and everything from SAST, DAST and SCA shoehorned into developers’ toolchains and workflows. Instead of treating security as an afterthought, the DevSecOps process makes it a priority from the very beginning.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 5, 2022

During the latest Thales Security Sessions podcast , hosted by Neira Jones, I had the pleasure to discuss what we can expect in 2022 with Andy Green, CISO at Gemserv, and how the many changes have impacted the security landscape. What are the key security challenges for 2022? What technologies are expected to rise?

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing. Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Join us TOMORROW, Wednesday, December 7 @ 2:00 PM (ET) , for a live demo of how KnowBe4 introduces a new-school approach to security awareness training and simulated phishing. Did You Know?

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